Monthly Archives: December 2014

While we’ve still got a week until 2015 rolls into town, I don’t think it’s too early yet at all to name 2015 “the year of Sabo figures”. The number of Sabo figures, statues, capsule toys and so forth to be released in 2015 will likely be absolutely staggering.

Bandai Japan has been making a habit over the past few years of beating MegaHouse to the punch time after time with new One Piece figures. From Bartolomeo to Sabo to Fujitora to Punk Hazard Law, Bandai has gotten One Piece Figuarts Zero figures out before the One Piece POP versions over and over.

When the fiery samurai Kinemon joined the recurring cast of the Mugiwaras in early 2013 as part of the Punk Hazard arc, I was certain that it was only a matter of time until we were buried in figures and toys for such a prominent character. But a funny thing happened–almost two years passed, and zero major figures of Kin’emon were released. But to my delight, the Banpresto SCultures Kinemon figure I ordered online arrived this fall–and it is awesome…

Bandai Japan seemed like they were toying with the idea of being the first-to-market with a human child Brook figure when they showed off a prototype Figuarts Zero child Brook at Tamashii Nation 2014 last month.

That must have really cheesed MegaHouse off, because now they debuted their own One Piece POP Mild Brook figure at MegaHobby EXPO Autumn 2014–and he brought along a friend: POP Mild Boa Hancock and Brook are on their way in 2015!

Considering the sheer double-digit number of Roronoa Zoro Portrait of Pirates figures that MegaHouse has released over the years, you might think that a new Zoro POP being announced would be a big, fat yawn.

And you would be wrong, as during the weekend’s Autumn 2014 MegaHobby Expo, MegaHouse finally announced perhaps the most-wanted P.O.P. Zoro ever: the One Piece POP 10th Anniversary Roronoa Zoro figure!

MegaHouse debuted eight all-new, never-before-seen 2015 One Piece Portrait of Pirates figures over the weekend at the Fall 2014 MegaHobby Expo. Unfortunately, seven of those figures are just new versions of characters that we’ve seen released as One Piece POP figures before (some of which many times).

But there is one light amongst the darkness–and she’s a real hottie! The One Piece Koala POP figure has now been revealed!